Yoshishige Yoshida
Directing
Born: 1933-02-16 · Fukui, Japan
Died: 2022-12-08
Biography
Yoshishige Yoshida (吉田 喜重 Yoshida Yoshishige), also known as Kijū Yoshida, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Graduating from Tokyo University, Yoshida entered the Shōchiku studio in 1955 and debuted as a director in 1960 with Rokudenashi. He was a central member of what came to be called the "Shōchiku Nouvelle Vague" along with Nagisa Oshima and Masahiro Shinoda, and his works have been studied under the larger rubric of the Japanese New Wave. Like many of his New Wave cohorts, he
🎬 Movies (30)
Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance
2022
Self
Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?
2008
Self
Yoshida …or: The Explosion of the Story
2008
Self
Welcome to São Paulo
2004
Director
Women in the Mirror
2003
Director
知の解放 知の冒険 知の祝祭 東京大学 学問の過去・現在・未来
1997
Director
Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema
1995
Director
Lumière & Company
1995
Director
The Cinema of Ozu According to Kiju Yoshida
1994
Director
Wuthering Heights
1988
Director
A Human Promise
1986
Director
Cinématon
1978
N°789
The Story of Big 1: Sadaharu Oh
1977
Director
Coup d'Etat
1973
Director
Confessions Among Actresses
1971
Director
Heroic Purgatory
1970
Director
Eros + Massacre
1969
Director
Farewell to the Summer Light
1968
Director
Affair in the Snow
1968
Director
The Affair
1967
Director
Impasse
1967
Director
Woman of the Lake
1966
Director
A Story Written with Water
1965
Director
Escape from Japan
1964
Director
18 Roughs
1963
Director
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
Director
Bitter End of a Sweet Night
1961
Director
Immortal Love
1961
Assistant Director
Good-for-Nothing
1960
Director
Blood Is Dry
1960
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